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The Many Decades of Bond

by Carolyn Wells October 14, 2021October 18, 2022

“How has someone who is a borderline rapist, murderer, and potential sociopath, endured through all these decades?” 

Posted inNonfiction

Doctors Without Patients: The Eritrean Physicians Stuck in American Licensing Limbo

by Shoshana Akabas October 6, 2021October 20, 2022

“What was the whole point of your training if you cannot do something, even in a pandemic?”

Posted inNonfiction

Nelly the Elephant Packed Her Trunk … and Went on the Run

by Carolyn Wells June 10, 2021October 18, 2022

Campaigners want circus elephants placed in specially built sanctuaries. But their owners insist being separated from their human “families” would be traumatic.

Posted inStory

Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas

by Jeanna Kadlec April 13, 2021October 18, 2022

Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat.

Posted inQuotes

2020: One Year, Lifetime Consequences

by Carolyn Wells January 11, 2021October 17, 2022

“I think there is a better-than-good chance that our behaviors will change as a result of this pandemic. I am currently creating a ledger and thinking about opportunities, not just for innovation, but for a better humanity.”

Posted inQuotes

Open the Door to the Political World of Narnia

by Carolyn Wells November 30, 2020October 17, 2022

“One road unquestionably leads from Narnia to Brexit. Lewis would have hated the notion of a superstate with all the extra ‘meddling’ that implies.”

Posted inNonfiction

I Don’t Wear Pink

by Carolyn Wells July 8, 2020October 17, 2022

“I believe in reincarnation,” my 4-year-old announced, confidently. “And when I come back, I’m going to be a boy, and my name will be Shane.”

Posted inQuotes

Pretty and Dumb? Tell It to the Avocado

by Carolyn Wells July 6, 2020October 17, 2022

New arrivals didn’t hand Natives the keys to the modern world — but took the tools that built its foundations.

Posted inDiscussions, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Eating To Save My Mind

by Claire Fitzsimmons January 23, 2020December 30, 2022

Can diet determine the future of your mental health? Claire Fitzsimmons attempts to find out through a month of Whole30.

Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the N.R.A., alone. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Feature, Podcasts

Don’t Let Old Wounds Die Out

by Longreads December 20, 2019October 19, 2022

Our last editors’ roundtable of the season, with guest Nick Chrastil.

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